Sound-producing device



Patented Jan. 5, 1926.

UNITED STATES -PATENT -oFF1cE.-

ERNEST IBOCGHINO, OF PASSAIG NEW JERSEY,, A SSI GNOR -TO UP TO DATEMANU- 'IFACTURING (10., INC., .01 JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

.sounn-rnonucmc DEVICE.

Application filed January To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST BOCCHINO,,3. citizen of the United States,and resident of Passaic, in the county of'Passaic and State of NewJersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sound-Producing Devices, of which the following is a specification. p v

This'invention relates to sound producing devices, in which the cry of adistressed child or small animal is simulated artificially.

One object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple andcompact device, capable of emitting sound by merely in verting itsposition, no pressure orextraneous parts being used. i

' It is a further'feature to produce a device that can be manufacturedat a low cost, and which is capable of longcontinued service withoutdetriment to its parts or functions.

-Another aim is in theprovision of a sound maker that can beincorporated directly into the body of a toy or the like without the useof an intervening casing or shell, the sound producing structurerequiring only a support and space in which to operate. a

A still further feature is to furnish a vocal cry maker that willproduce a dis tinct sound upon being reversed, irrespective of whicheverend be up or down, or in other words, a double instrument. Theseseverallimportant features are attained by the novel construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described and illustrated in theannexed drawing, forming part hereof, and in which Figure 1 is a planview of an embodiment of the invention, parts being broken awa todisclose the interior. I

Figure 2.is a side elevational view of the same, also broken away toshow the construction. I

Figure 3 is a similar-side elevational view showing a modified form ofthe device.

Devices of the class mentioned are. to be found in many varieties oftoys, particularly dolls, which upon being placed in a recumbent orreclining position from an upright posture, produce sounds resemblingthe cry, wail, howl or bark of the object 24, 1925. Serial No. 4,420.

of the structure.

The devices used for such purposes hitherto have ordinarily included acasing en- 'compassing the entire structure, and the bellows are made ofrubber which dete-' rioriates in time, hardening, breaking and failingin its functions, rendering the device useless.

The present lnvention may be used without a casing and rubber is notemployed in the device. I

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 10designates a metal rm, flat and having a raised. annular flange 12tapering outwardly to present theshape of conic frustum, the upper,outer surface of which fits within the ring 10 and seated on the ring isan outstanding. 'flange 13.

A thin but strong and highly flexible membranous element 14, made;preferably stance to render it; impervious to the. pasor band and 11 ametal disc generally of textile fabric impregnated with a sub ends beingdisposed around the conical flange 12, passed between the lower surfaceof flange and edge of the ring 10 and over a portion of the outersurface of the ring,

as at 15, to which it is securedby any suitable adhesive.

Thus the element' 14, which may be called a bellows, is supported by thering 10 and hermetically engaged to the disc 11, also carried by thering.

In the smaller, opposite end of the bel lows 14, is fixed a cylindricalweighted head 16, secured by passing athong or leash 17 over the bellowsto draw the material tightly upon the periphery of the weight, the thongbeing preferably an elastic ban The disc 11 is pierced at about itscenter and die pressed to present a concavely curved seat 18 extendingradially in one direction, and on the opposite side the material israised to provide a socket .19, the seat and socket being receptive'of asmall, open cylindrical tube 20, extending through the disc. at a slightangle from its generally level surface.

, 2, air will have been drawn into the space it being obvious thatchanges,

between its walls through the tube and this air will be expelled uponreversing the device by action of the weight .16, forcing the airoutward through the reed, causing its tongue to vibrate and emit sound.

It is therefore necessary to. provide a support for the ring and spacein which the weight and bellows can operate, which requirements may befound in the structures to which the devices are applied. or may besupplied in the manner shown, in which a cylindrical casing 28 having aninterior diameterto tightly fit over the material 15 disposed on theouter surface of the ring 10, and is provided with a cap 24 having aflange25 tight fitted to the casing and containing one or moreperforations 26 for the passage of air as the bellows is operatedlAnother similar cap 27 has a tightly fitted iflange 28and containsaplurality of perforations 29 to permit the entrance and exit of airasthe bellows is moved and sound from the reed to emanate.

In the modification in Fig. 3 a double I either direction to draw thebellows by gravity thus alternately expanding and closing thes me.

From the fore oing it willbe-seen that a simple device or this purposehas been disclosed in the preferred form of its em bodiment, but it isnot desired to restrict the'details to the exact construction shown, notinvolving the exercise of invention, may be made withangularly disposedsoc like perforations 32 and has out conflicting with. the scope of theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sound producing device comprising a flat support band, a metallicdisc carried raised conic flange extending over the edge of said bandand sha ed to produce an l et near its center, a cone composed of airtight fiexible fabric secured at its larger end between the flange ofsaid disc and said band, a weighted head secured in the smaller end ofsaid cone, and sound producing means carried in the socket of said disc,said means being rendered tonic by the passage of air from said cone. 2.A sound producing device comprising a supporting annulus, aconicalflexible textile fabric bellows fixed on said annulus and inverted toextend therethrough, a cylindrical weight forming a head for the smallerextending end of said bellows, an elastic thong confining the bellowsaround the head, means for producing sound fixed in the larger end ofthe bellows, a casing in which said annulus is fixed, and plurallyperforate heads engaged on each end of said casing.

3. A sound producing device comprising a cylindrical casing havingperforate heads, rings fixed in said casing adjacent its ends,

a flexible bellows composed of two conical frustrum sections united attheir smaller said sections the larger ends of the sections beingfixedly engaged over said rings, heads fixedin the larger ends of eachsection, said heads being carried by the rings, and sound producingelements, including reeds carried by the last named heads, said elementscommunicating between the spaces in the respective bellows sections andthe spaces between the bellows heads and said perforate heads.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,this 23d day of January, 1925.

ERNEST BOCCHINO.

1 interiorially of said band, said disc having a a

